Cigar or cigarette holder.



M. F. EWEN.

CIGAR 0R ClGARETTE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 05c. 19, 1914.

1,202,981. Patented Oct. 31,1916.

fzverilb @3511 ,FELWEMJ MALCOLM F. EWEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CIGAR OR CIGARETTE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oet. e1, 1916.

Application filed December 19, 1914. Serial No. 878,009.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, MALCOLM F. EWEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar or Cigarette Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. i

This invention relates to improvements in cigar and cigarette holders and consists of the matters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The holder is of the kind that includes a shield completely inclosing the cigar or cigarette so as to prevent the ashes and sparks fromv falling or flying about and is more especially intended for use when the smoker is riding rapidly in the open air, as for example, in an automobile. Itmay also be used to advantage when smoking indoors where it eliminates the usual necessary attention required to prevent the hot ashes from falling on the clothes or on the floor. The advantage to be gained by its use when reading will be apparent to a reader or to any one else who is in the habit of smoking while his mind is occupied with other matters.

The object of the invention is to provide a holder of the kind described which is simple in construction and cheap to manufacture, which is light in weight and which is capable of ready disposal in a suitable box or case that is not so long but that it may be placed in the pocket of a coat or waistcoat with comfort. These and other advantages of my improved holder will appear as I proceed with my specification.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved holder shown of a size adapted for use as a oi ar holder. Fig. 2 is a view representing a ongitudinal seo tion through the central axis of the holder. Fig. 3 is a view representing a side elevation of the mouthpiece of the holder with a cigar in place ready for the attachment of the shield to the mouthpiece. Fig. 4 1s a view representing on an enlarged scale a transverse section through the holder in a plane indicated by the lines 4-4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a view representing the holder as or cigarette holder,

put together when placed in a suitable tubular case, the said view being shown partially in section in order to show how the parts of the holder may be assembled when placed in such a case.

Referring now to that embodiment of my lnvention illustrated in, the drawings, 10 indicates the mouthpiece of the holder. This is like the ordinary well-known cigar comprising a short apertured device made of wood, celluloid, clay, or the like and intended to provide merely an intervening member between the mouth of the smoker and the cigar or cigarette which will hold the cigar or cigarette at one end and is suitably shaped at the other end to be conveniently gripped by the teeth and lips of the smoker.

11 indicates a longitudinal aperture or passage through the mouthpiece, 12, the lip piece or part to be grasped by the lips and teeth, and 13 the recess at the end of the mouthpiece into which the said longitudinal passage 11 opens and which is adapted to receive and hold the end of the cigar or cigarette.

14 indicates a perforated tubularshield made preferably of aluminum, which forms the main body of the improved holder. Said tubular shield is made of a diameter sufficient to receive the usual cigar and at the same time leave an annular space surrounding the cigar and separating it from the interior surface of the shield. The shield 14 is aflixcd to the mouthpiece 10 so as to be supported thereby and is detachably connected to said mouthpiece as follows.

15 indicates a short metallic thimble en--.

gaged in the recess 13 of the mouthpiece 10 so as to be rigidly connected thereto. The thimble maybe conveniently fixed to the mouthpiece in a familiar manner as by means of an expanding tool.

16 indicates a flanged ferrule or shell of a diameter such that it may receive snugly one end of the shield 14, so as to frictionally engage the same. 17 indicates an annular flange on said ferrule 16 which engages against the end of the mouthpiece 10 and which is held in position by means of a bead or flange 18 turned outwardly on the outer'end of the thimble 15. 1

The shield 14 is made long enough to extend somewhat beyond a cigar of the usual length when secured within the mouthpiece of the holder, so that a space will be left beand are thus very cheap to manufacture.

tween the end of the cigar and the end of the shield for a purpose presently to be described. The outer end of the shield is inclosed by a cap 19 which has a flange 19 that embraces the end of the tubular wall of the sleeve.

The metallic parts of the holder are all preferably made of aluminum for the sake of lightness but manifestly may be made of other material. The end cap 19 and the flangedsleeve which embraces the top of the holder may bestamped from a sheet of metal When made the holder comprises three separable parts :-the mouthpiece 10 to which is fixed the ferrule 16 for engaging and inclosing the inner end of the shield; the perforated sleeve 14: and the end cap 19.

In the use of the device the butt of the cigar with its end bitten or cut off is first inserted into the thimble 15 at the end of the mouthpiece and forced into the recess 13 so that it will be securely gripped by the mouthpiece. The shield 14 is then inserted into and frictionally held by the ferrule 16 so that the cigar is entirely inclosed within the holder. The end cap 19 is then removed and a match applied to the end of the cigar. On account of the spaceleft between the end of the cigar and the outer end of the perforated I sleeve 14, it is apparent that the match may be protected in a wind by the cigar holder and a light secured somewhat in the fashion that a match is used in the open end of the shell of a match box. After the cigar is lighted the end cap 19 is replaced and the cigar is then ready to be smoked in the usual manner.

In a cigar holder made as above described. the ash is not only completely protected from the wind so that the ash and sparks are pre vented from flying about to the annoyance of y the smoker, but in addition the cigar appears the operation of the device.

to burn more evenly and even cigars of a cheaper grade will retain the ash until almost completely smoked out. Even if the ash falls within the shield, it will not interferewith In addition, when smoked in the outer air and particularly when smoking on a rapidly moving conveyance, as an automobile, the heat of the cigar is so rapidly radiated from the inclosing shield that the holder may be grasped at any part without burning the fingers of the smoker.

By reason of the particular means shown of connecting the shield to the mouthpiece, the cost of manufacture of the device is greatly reduced, since the metal parts may be used with any of the ordinary cigar holders that may be bought on the open market and no special manufacture of this part is required. This is particularly important as in the case of the ordinary wooden mouthpieces to be found on sale, while the diameter of the end recess of the mouthpiece may be uniform, the outer circumference of the end of the mouthpiece varies between widely separated limits. In addition the particular means for connecting the shield to the mouthpiece adapts the construction for connection to any ordinary cigar or cigarette holder so that in case a smoker has a cigar or cigarette holder, as for example, a meerschaum which he is particularly attached to or which he has colored, the other parts of my improved holder may be readily connected to the particular mouthpiece without in any way affecting or injuring said mouthpiece. I

The shield 14 is made from a perforated sheet which is bent upon itself and provided at its margins with hooked flanges 17*--17 (see Fig. 4) which engage together and hold the sleeve in tubular form. The sleeve may be formed on a suitable mandrel which is preferably provided with a groove so as to permit the said hooked flanges to be set in as illustrated and thus leave a smooth surface at the joint.

The cigar holder made as described may be readily disposed of in a comparatively short tubular case as illustrated in Fig. 5. 20 indicates such a case which is tubular and of an internal diameter adapted to fit snugly the ferrule 16 and the cap 19. The case is made of a length equal to the length of the shield with its end cap 19 and the length of the ferrule 16. By removing the mouthpiece including the ferrule 16 and turning it end for end the main body of the mouthpiece may be inserted into the open end of the shield as illustrated in Fig. 5 and the flange17 on the ferrule 16 brought against the end of said shield. WVhen assembled in this way the holder may be easily slipped into the tubular case which has a cap 21 inclosing its open end. The case may be of any suitable or desirable construction and preferably of material sufliciently rigid to retain it in tubular form. When placed in the case in this way, the holder is held with the tubular shield somewhat spaced from the inner walls of the tubular case and the tubular walls of the case are given support by the radial strength of the ferrule 16 and cap 19. In this way the shield is protected from distortion.

I claim as my invention:

1. A cigar holder of the kind described comprising an apertured mouthpiece having a recess at one end communicating with the aperture through said mouthpiece. a thimble fixed in said recess and projecting bevond the end of said mouthpiece, a ferrule of greater diameter than said thimble having an inturned annular flange engaged against the end of said mouthpiece and attached thereto by means of a flange turned upon the outer end of said thimble and engaged against the flange of said ferrule, a perforated tube havadapted to he frictionally engaged within said ferrule and a cap inclosing the other end of said shield.

In testimony that I claini the foregoing as 15 my invention I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses, this 1st day of December A. D 1914.

' MALCOLM F. EWEN.

. Witnesses:

T. H. ALFREns, KARL W. DOLL. 

